GSoC'13 OpenTripPlanner-for-Android Weekly Report #1

[Vreixo González]

Hi all,

I'm Vreixo González and my GsoC project is "Creating a stable and improved OpenTripPlanner Android client for walk, bike, and transit routing based on OpenStreetMap and GTFS data".

All the information about the project will be on the OTP Android client github's page, on a special section that I need to update:
https://github.com/CUTR-at-USF/OpenTripPlanner-for-Android/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2013

My previous work that I have finished before, on first half of June, was to develop a GTFS parser for the web page of the local bus company. Parser is finished and  GTFS files are all created, but I have encountered a problem: in the webpage there are only departure times and not arrival ones so they were not present on GTFS, but I have found that arrival times are absolutely mandatory. So I have requested full timetables to the company and they have already send them to me this days, but I will need to also parse them (they are .xls with a strange structure). Also some coordinates and other data might need some tuning, hence, at the moment I'll use GTFS data from Portland and I'll finish my work on this later on.
Also I had started to prepare the server to deploy OpenTripPlanner.


What did I do this week?

I have finished to prepare environment:

- I have finished to configure server software and I have successfully deployed webapp and API on this address, with GTFS data from Portland:
http://galadriel.dc.fi.udc.es:8080/opentripplanner-webapp/
http://galadriel.dc.fi.udc.es:8080/opentripplanner-api-webapp/ws (for queries with mobile app)

-  I have managed to compile and run Android client on my computer and run it on emulator and on device. There were some problems with Maven dependencies, android-maven plugins and maven plugins for Eclipse but I have finally solved and everything is working now.

I have started to work on some bugs/small features:

- I have started to work on provide better feedback from the app to the user because now is not reporting all the errors to the user. For example I will display a message when the server is down, because now it tries to get the route and as server is down nothing is displayed, hence you may think that there is a problem with the app.

- To move the map when routing because now remains static. Like this if you perform routing outside the visible map, route is not displayed.

- Start and End markers on map are not working well, it is necessary to press them twice to fix position.


What will I be working on next week?

- I will continue with the bugs and features that I have mentioned, find and repair more bugs and add some more, little features.

- On further weeks I'll start adding the big functionality changes.


Did I meet with any stumbling blocks?

- I had some problems to configure tomcat to run as a standard user and other server related problems. Also some Maven problems with app building where difficult to track.



Kind regards,
Vreixo González

[Andrew Byrd]

Hi Vreixo,

Great to see that your project was accepted. I'm looking forward to
seeing the results of your work on the OTP Android client, and don't
hesitate to ask the list if you have any questions.

-Andrew

On 06/21/2013 10:52 PM, Vreixo Gonz�lez wrote:
> Hi all,
>

> I'm Vreixo Gonz�lez and my GsoC project is "Creating a stable and

> improved OpenTripPlanner Android client for walk, bike, and transit
> routing based on OpenStreetMap and GTFS data".
>
> All the information about the project will be on the OTP Android client
> github's page, on a special section that I need to update:
> https://github.com/CUTR-at-USF/OpenTripPlanner-for-Android/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2013
>
> My previous work that I have finished before, on first half of June, was
> to develop a GTFS parser for the web page of the local bus company.
> Parser is finished and GTFS files are all created, but I have
> encountered a problem: in the webpage there are only departure times and
> not arrival ones so they were not present on GTFS, but I have found that
> arrival times are absolutely mandatory. So I have requested full
> timetables to the company and they have already send them to me this
> days, but I will need to also parse them (they are .xls with a strange
> structure). Also some coordinates and other data might need some tuning,
> hence, at the moment I'll use GTFS data from Portland and I'll finish my
> work on this later on.
> Also I had started to prepare the server to deploy OpenTripPlanner.
>
>

> *What did I do this week?*

>
> I have finished to prepare environment:
>
> - I have finished to configure server software and I have successfully
> deployed webapp and API on this address, with GTFS data from Portland:
> http://galadriel.dc.fi.udc.es:8080/opentripplanner-webapp/
> http://galadriel.dc.fi.udc.es:8080/opentripplanner-api-webapp/ws (for
> queries with mobile app)
>
> - I have managed to compile and run Android client on my computer and
> run it on emulator and on device. There were some problems with Maven
> dependencies, android-maven plugins and maven plugins for Eclipse but I
> have finally solved and everything is working now.
>
> I have started to work on some bugs/small features:
>
> - I have started to work on provide better feedback from the app to the
> user because now is not reporting all the errors to the user. For
> example I will display a message when the server is down, because now it
> tries to get the route and as server is down nothing is displayed, hence
> you may think that there is a problem with the app.
>
> - To move the map when routing because now remains static. Like this if
> you perform routing outside the visible map, route is not displayed.
>
> - Start and End markers on map are not working well, it is necessary to
> press them twice to fix position.
>
>

> *What will I be working on next week?*

>
> - I will continue with the bugs and features that I have mentioned, find
> and repair more bugs and add some more, little features.
>
> - On further weeks I'll start adding the big functionality changes.
>
>

> *Did I meet with any stumbling blocks?*

>
> - I had some problems to configure tomcat to run as a standard user and
> other server related problems. Also some Maven problems with app
> building where difficult to track.
>
>
>
> Kind regards,

> Vreixo Gonz�lez
>
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[Sean Barbeau]

Agreed, we're definitely glad that Vreixo's OTP Android project was selected for the Google Summer of Code program.  Thanks to Vreixo for sticking with the submission process and all the required edits to the scope of work!

Vreixo,

In the spirit of "release early, release often", it would be good if we can roll out some of your improvements to others via Google Play as soon as you believe that a certain issue is fixed (i.e., early in the GSoC program).  I'll work with you to do this.  Android has issues with fragmentation and different behavior on different devices, and the sooner we know about potential issues with some of the modifications the better.

Sean

On Friday, June 21, 2013 5:21:32 PM UTC-4, Andrew Byrd wrote:

Hi Vreixo,

Great to see that your project was accepted. I'm looking forward to
seeing the results of your work on the OTP Android client, and don't
hesitate to ask the list if you have any questions.

-Andrew

On 06/21/2013 10:52 PM, Vreixo Gonz�lez wrote:
> Hi all,
>

> I'm Vreixo Gonz�lez and my GsoC project is "Creating a stable and

> Vreixo Gonz�lez

>
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